The Medicine with Respect Project-Phase 1: implementing a pathway toward competency in medicnes administration for mental health nurses

This article reports the initial development
and evaluation of stages 1 and 2 of the
‘stepped approach’ to ‘medicines
management’ (MM) and concentrates on the
collaboration between the University of
Huddersfield and South West Yorkshire
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. A
snapshot of results of a pilot audit of mental
health nurses’ experience who have
completed the assessment of competency is
presented. We identify the impact of resource
issues and overload of student assessment
on the project development. We conclude by
outlining the next steps in the project’s
development and evaluation.